http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20160819-131528 https://verfassungsblog.de/islam-on-the-beach-the-burkini-ban-in-france/ Islam on the Beach – The Burkini Ban in France Hochmann, Thomas eng 2016-08-19 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 burkini burqa freedom of religion islam laicism Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 In 1964, a young woman wearing a monokini played table tennis on the Croisette, the famous road along the shore in the city of Cannes. She was sentenced for outraging public decency. Half a century later, the mayor of Cannes just banned on his beaches the burkini, a full-body swimsuit weared by some Muslim women. Some other coastal cities followed, one administrative tribunal confirmed, and a new controversy around the keyword “laïcité” was born. It seems to me that the burkini-ban is a legal error and a political mistake.